ML30700651
Contributor
Ron Sempier Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Big Island Wildlife Area--North of LaRue-Prospect Rd.
Marion, Ohio, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Smaller gull. Partial dark hood, bold eye ring. Dark bill, legs retracted and not seen. Pale underwing and darker top wing. Wing ends black tipped in white. White tail. No vocalization.
Observation details
When first seen I thought it was a Caspian Tern, my second thought a Ring-billed Gull (it was quite far away). As it banked and turned to come back and fly right in front I was snapping pictures and realized it was neither. However, it is a Franklin's Gull. I ruled out Laughing Gull after I looked at photos
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 5D Mark III
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/3200 sec
- Dimensions
- 2188 pixels x 1440 pixels
- Original file size
- 296.08 KB